Chapter 863: Fighting For Oneâs Rights (3) Chapter 863: Fighting For Oneâs Rights (3) Editor: Atlas Studios Qi Haoran wanted to say that she was underestimating the children of the royal family.
Even he was not so innocent when he was young, and at 15 years old he was already an adult and not a child.
However, considering Mu Yanglingâs way of education and love for their children, Qi Haoran sighed slightly.
In the end, he kept these words unspoken.
Actually, there were advantages for a child to develop at a slower rate.
His royal brother was in the prime of his life, and he was now focused on maintaining his health.
As such, he should be in good health for at least another 30 years.
However, by then, the Crown Prince would be almost 40 years old, and the other princes would also have grown up.
A struggle for power was probably inevitable.
He was not afraid of power struggles since this was human instinct.
However, he was afraid that the father and sons would kill each other because of power struggles.
After all, in a royal family, there were many instances in history of father and son disregarding their ties in a power struggle.
Qi Haoran was not sure if Little Treasure and the others would be able to support each other when they grew up, like him and Qi Xiuyuan.
Regardless of his development and what kind of struggles he experienced, there would always be a pure spot in Qi Haoranâs heart.
This was what Qi Xiuyuan meant by a pure heart.
Though Qi Haoran often had unrealistic thoughts, he had this ability to move peopleâs hearts.
Sometimes, even if Qi Xiuyuan knew that what he was proposing was impossible, he could not bear to deal him with a blow.
After a sleepless night, the next day, he listlessly carried Little Bear into the palace for school.
After sending him to the Royal School, Qi Haoran turned around and went to the court.
Qi Xiuyuan glanced at his brother again.
Noticing that Qi Haoran had his head lowered and didnât speak for the entire morning court assembly, he wondered what was wrong with him today.
The officials in the court were also a little not used to not hearing Prince Rongâs loud voice today.
Everyone looked at the Minister of Revenue in unison.
Did he approve Prince Rongâs memorial proposing to increase the military expenditure?
The Minister of Revenue blinked and could only lower his head in silence.
He hadnât agreed to increase the military expenditure, nor did he receive any instructions from the Emperor to do so.
As for Prince Rongâs silence today, he felt that it was most likely because the Emperor did not agree to increase the military expenditure.
The autumn harvest had just ended, and the tax collection had just begun.
Although the news from various regions was good, there were still many regions waiting for money.
This was especially so since the Emperor wanted to dredge the Yellow River, which would cost quite a lot of money.
With that in mind, it was better to delay increasing the military expenditure.
As Qi Xiuyuan listened to the ministersâ reports, he speculated why his brother was so depressed.
It took him a long time to come up with a reason.
Could it be that he had an argument with Little Bear last night?
Thinking of how his younger brother doted on his children and Little Bearâs personality, Qi Xiuyuan became more and more convinced of this guess.
In order to avoid a quarrel with Qi Haoran, he went to the Imperial Study without summoning Qi Haoran after the court assembly ended.
However, Qi Haoran habitually followed behind him.
Just as he reached the door, he was stopped by Eunuch Wan.
Eunuch Wan looked at Prince Rong awkwardly and said in a low voice, âYour Highness, His Majesty is about to discuss matters with the Left Minister and Right Minister.
Do you want me to bring you to the tea hall?â Qi Haoran raised his eyebrows.
Since when did he have to go to the tea hall to wait for his royal brother?
After pondering for a moment, he understood that his big brother was avoiding him.
Qi Haoran said shamelessly, âItâs fine.
Iâll just sit outside and wait until Royal Brother finishes attending to business.â He lifted his robe and was about to sit down.
âAye, Your Highness, please donât.â Eunuch Wan hurriedly supported him and said with sweat all over his forehead, âPlease wait for a moment.
Iâll go in and report to His Majesty now.â If he dared to let Prince Rong sit on the threshold today, he might lose his head tomorrow.
The Emperor was famous for being doting on his younger brother.
He could bully his brother, but he wouldnât allow others to say anything bad about Prince Rong.
Eunuch Wan hurriedly strode into the Imperial Study and whispered into the Emperorâs ear about Qi Haoranâs shameless behavior.
The corners of Qi Xiuyuanâs mouth twitched.
He felt that if he did not deal with his younger brother today, he would definitely not be able to handle any political matters.
And so he said, âLet the Left Minister and the Right Minister wait in the tea hall first.
Let Prince Rong in.â Eunuch Wan bowed in agreement and invited Prince Rong in.
Then, he stopped the Left Minister and Right Minister who had just arrived and asked the young eunuch to lead them to the tea hall while he personally guarded the door.
In the Imperial Study, Qi Xiuyuan was tapping Qi Haoranâs head, speechless.
âHavenât we agreed on this yesterday?
You swore that you wouldnât be indulgent of Little Bear.Yet just after one night, you changed your mind?
You didnât even send the younger ones into the palace.
Is there anyone who spoils their children like you do?â Qi Haoran straightened his neck and said, âLittle Bearâs talent is in martial arts.
If he enters the palace to study with Little Treasure, how will he have the time to practice martial arts?
Isnât this a waste of his time and talent?â Qi Xiuyuan choked and said, âThen let him enter the palace to practice martial arts.
Iâll arrange a martial arts master and a teacher for him.
In any case, we canât let him study under your supervision, lest you corrupt the good child.â Qi Haoranâs face flushed red.
âLittle Bear says that Iâm a good father.
Big Brother, you canât one-sidedly decide things for the children.â Qi Xiuyuan snorted.
âIf anyoneâs father allows them to have a two-day break for every five days of study, theyâd of course feel that their father is a good father.â âThen canât you stipulate the same rules for the palace?
If you do that, Iâll send the children to the palace to studyââŹÂŚâ Before Qi Haoran could finish speaking, Qi Xiuyuan picked up the memorial on the table and threw it at him.
âWhat an audacious thought.
You want the Crown Prince and the princes to rest for two days every five days?
Just because you donât wish to learn, you want to halt everyone elseâs learning progress?â Qi Haoran jumped aside to dodge the fluttering memorial as he shouted, âIâm doing this for the good of you and the children.â Seeing that he was unrepentant, Qi Xiuyuan was even angrier and proceeded to hurl all the memorials on the table at him.
He had always felt that although his brother did not like to study, he was still a good child and a good father.
His dislike for studying had only surfaced after he realized that he wasnât good at it and got mocked by others for his lack of aptitude for studying.
Although Qi Haoran doted on his children too much after becoming a father, he still stood firm on the important issue of education.
Therefore, Qi Xiuyuan had always let him be, feeling that if the couple could stand firm, the kids wouldnât be led astray.
But now, it seemed that he was completely wrong.
Qi Haoran simply doted on his children too much.
For the sake of his children, he actually wanted the palace to implement a system of two days off every five days of school.
Wasnât that crazy?
Qi Haoran had no choice but to shout out what Mu Yangling had said to him last night.
In the end, he shouted, âBig Brother, if the children spend all their time on their textbooks, what time do they have to think about other things?
Moreover, this age is crucial to childrenâs personality development.
Whatâs the benefit of blindly binding them to books at this time?
Itâs better to let them experience the suffering of the common people now so that they wonât grow up ignorant.â Qi Xiuyuanâs expression darkened and he glared at Qi Haoran.
âDid you come up with this?
The purpose of studying is to have more choices in life and to pursue the truth of the universeââŹÂŚ are you capable of coming up with this by yourself?â Qi Haoran touched his nose and said, âIâm just quoting Ah Lingâs words, but I think sheâs right.
Royal Brother, go to the academies outside and take a look.
Just ask around and see how many people study to become officials through the Imperial Examination, and how many people study purely for an understanding of ethics and morality?
Not to mention the children of poor families, just how many people in the aristocratic families study with the goal of becoming officials?â âAlthough Iâm not very well-read, I know that be it the teachings of sages or military strategy books, most of them came from the Spring and Autumn Warring States Period.
The later generations mostly only tried to interpret the teachings of the sages to convenience the scholars studying for the Imperial Examination.
There are only a handful of people who have truly new ideas and insights.
Moreover, most of them were based on the teachings of the sages.â
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